Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person washing cucumbers - Oleg Opryshko/Shutterstock From not cutting them uniformly to storing produce incorrectly and ...

Cucumbers often look clean enough to eat straight from the fridge, but experts say their smooth green skins can hide more than meets the eye. Dirt, bacteria from handling, wax coatings, and trace ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If the cucumbers at your local grocery store seem impossibly shiny and too-good-to-be-true picturesque, they're ...

We put cucumbers through dozens of storage tests—washed, unwashed, bagged, wrapped, and chilled—to find the most effective ways to keep them fresh and crunchy. Though cucumbers are best eaten within ...

If the cucumbers at your local grocery store seem impossibly shiny and too-good-to-be-true picturesque, they're likely coated with wax. While social media is filled with tricks for "how to remove wax ...